Said I can eat whatever I want after delivery!

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MichelleMarie2017 wrote:

Just had my sweet baby girl! Nurses and Doctor said I can eat whatever and I'm cured of GF after delivery. They didn't test me but said since mine was very well diet controlled I was good to go! Any one else like this? I ate pizza and I've had juice and pudding! I'm loving it!!!

But just a word of advice -- once everything calms down, I would check your numbers again. I was well controlled with diet, have always been slim, and lost all my pregnancy weight quickly just from breastfeeding, and everyone told me to go back to eating whatever I wanted, but in fact my numbers never went down. I'm 8 months pp and one measly piece of thin bread sends me up to 160. I think I may be the exception not the rule, so hopefully you'll be fine, but you still may want to check.

It's not guaranteed to go away and GD puts you at a higher risk for regular type 2, so while I think everyone should enjoy some wiggle room once baby is born, it's something that needs to be kept an eye on indefinitely. I swear I'm not trying to be a total buzz kill, would just hate for anyone to think they can go crazy indefinitely and then later be diagnosed with type 2.

My dr said the same thing as I was delivering my placenta she said your GD is gone!!! I'm 7 days pp and I had very well diet controlled GD I've spot checked a couple times since the baby was born and my numbers looked good. Also remember a type two diagnosis has MUCH higher numbers than a GD diagnosis! I don't go crazy but I do have a little dessert here and there! My first meal after the baby was pizza had it delivered to the hospital lol I had not had it in 6 mos it was so good especial since I hadn't eaten in over 24 hrs at that point!!